File Transfer (Serial)

Overview

Indigo includes a file transfer for serial connections that can transfer the a file to or from the connected device/host.  

Please note that this is a different feature from the Transmit File Contents feature. 
The file transfer feature uses specific file transfer protocol to send or receive a complete file between the host and computer running Indigo.
The transmit file contents feature uses transmits the contents (bytes/strings) directly to the connected device/host and does not transfer a file to the remote device/host, just sends the data contents as a raw stream of data.

Indigo support the following file transfer options:

Supported Protocols 

Indigo supports the following serial file transfer protocols.

Feature	Indigo V3 Standard	Indigo V3 Professional
ASCII (Send Raw Text File, No Protocol)
X-Modem
X-Modem 1K
X-Modem/CRC
Y-Modem
Y-Modem-Batch
Y-Modem-Batch-G
Z-Modem
Z-Modem/Save
Kermit

Tools Menu

The transfer file options can be accessed using the Tools Menu.

Send/Upload File

This option will transfer a file from the computer running Indigo to the remote serially connected device/host using a file transfer protocol.

The Send/Upload File option can be accessed using the Tools Menu.

When you activate this feature will be first prompted to select a file and transmit protocol.  
After selecting the file and protocol, click the Send button to start the transfer.
Indigo will negotiate the file transfer with the remote connected device/host and start transmitting the file data.
(The remote device/host must be in the receive file mode with the same file transfer protocol before the file will be transferred.)

Indigo will display a progress dialog to show the current transfer status. 
You can Abort the transfer during the process if needed . 

When the file transfer is complete, you can choose to close the file transfer dialog or choose to resend the file again. 

Receive/Download File

This option will transfer a file from the remote serially connected device/host to the computer running Indigo using a file transfer protocol. 

The Receive/Download File option can be accessed using the Tools Menu.

When you activate this feature will be first prompted to select a folder and transmit protocol.  
After selecting the folder and protocol, click the Receive button to start the transfer.

Indigo will negotiate the file transfer with the remote connected device/host and begin receiving the file data. 
(The remote device/host must be in the send file mode with the same file transfer protocol before the file will be transferred.)

Indigo will display a progress dialog to show the current transfer status. 
You can Abort the transfer during the process if needed . 

When the file transfer is complete, you can choose to close the file transfer dialog or choose to receive the file again.